Adopted baby girl murder case as serious as any dealt with, says judge
A senior family court judge says the case of a baby girl murdered two weeks after being formally adopted is as serious as any he has dealt with. Mr Justice
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Welsh Government commission IPC to research outcomes for looked after children
The Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University has been commissioned by Welsh Government to undertake a large scale evaluation of outcomes for looked after children including: A
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Cardiff University chosen as research partner for What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care
Cardiff University has been chosen as the research partner in a £4.85m initiative to help improve the lives of children who are at risk of abuse or neglect. The Department
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Baby Elsie ‘would still be alive if social services had not taken her’, say birth family
The birth family of Elsie Scully-Hicks have said she would “still be alive today” if she had not been removed from their care by social services. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, was
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Life with minimum term of 18 years for man who murdered adopted daughter
A man who murdered his daughter two weeks after formally adopting her has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, received a life sentence for violently
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Cardiff fitness instructor convicted of murdering 18-month-old adopted daughter Elsie
A fitness instructor has been convicted of murdering his 18-month-old adopted daughter by violently shaking her and striking her head. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, inflicted a catalogue of injuries – including
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Couple went through months of training and checks before adopting baby Elsie
Adopting a child is a “stringent and rigorous” process – with Matthew and Craig Scully-Hicks undergoing months of training, assessment and meetings. Elsie was taken into care after her birth
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Too many care practitioners guilty of applying traditional values to same-sex adoption
Increasing numbers of gay men and lesbians in Britain are adopting children or becoming foster carers. Latest figures show that there are now more than 20,000 children living in same-sex
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Adopted girl’s injuries ‘typical’ of children who have been shaken, court hears
A toddler allegedly murdered by her adoptive father suffered injuries which were “very typical” of babies and children who have been shaken, a court has heard. Elsie Scully-Hicks, who was
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Fitness coach abused and murdered 18-month-old adopted daughter, court told
A fitness instructor “assaulted, abused and ultimately murdered” his 18-month-old adopted daughter, a court has heard. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, is accused of inflicting serious injuries on Elsie Scully-Hicks before her
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